EL SEGUNDO, Calif. & STELLENBOSCH, South Africa — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 10, 2011 —
AWR
Corporation, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software,
and Magus (Pty) Ltd, developers of the
Antenna
Magus expert system for antenna synthesis, today announced a joint
marketing relationship focused on accelerating the pace of antenna
design for wireless-enabled products. The first result of this
relationship is
AWR
Connected™ for Antenna Magus, an interface between the respective
firms’ software products that expedites antenna design from synthesis
with Antenna Magus to full circuit/EM simulation with AWR’s Microwave
Office™ and AXIEM® software tools.

Antenna Magus provides a database of many different highly-characterized
antenna types that can be exported to AWR’s EDA tools for EM analysis,
integration, tuning, and optimization. This allows Microwave Office and
AXIEM software users to integrate antennas into their designs destined
for commercial and military terrestrial and satellite wireless
communications systems of virtually any type.

"Antenna design is a complex and specialized discipline that is
increasingly complicated by requirements for achieving conflicting goals
such as those posed by conformal and small form factors. By employing
Antenna Magus antenna synthesis software, users of Microwave Office and
AXIEM software can integrate antennas with known characteristics within
their designs and evaluate their performance,” said Sherry Hess, vice
president of marketing at AWR. “This can save enormous amounts of time
while providing a level of confidence about the antenna’s contribution
to overall performance as well. We believe our relationship with Antenna
Magus adds an important new element to our design suite.”

“Antenna Magus has a database of more than 150 antennas, many of which
planar,” said Sam Clarke, managing director of Magus Pty Ltd, “and many
can already be used within Microwave Office and AXIEM software with more
to come. The new relationship announced today not only expands the
designer’s flexibility through greater antenna choice but does so in a
highly integrated fashion within the AWR Design Environment.”

Pricing and Availability

AWR Connected for Antenna Magus is available today in beta form for
select customer use. Contact your local AWR or Magus (Pty) Ltd sales
representative for more detailed information. Or go online for:

Antenna Magus is an expert system for antenna design, suitable for a
broad range of applications. Its feature set is targeted at aiding
engineers in getting to the customization phase of an antenna design
quickly and reliably. Validated, parametric models of the initial
designs can be exported seamlessly into 3rd party EM
simulators, where customization can be done using tried-and-trusted
analysis tools. Visit
www.antennamagus.com.

AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA software, dramatically
reduces development time and cost for products employed in wireless,
high-speed wired, broadband, aerospace and defense, and electro-optical
applications. For more information, visit
www.awrcorp.com.